[newdaddy09]

Ive been asked to do an interview ahead of fathers day on the radio, and they told me I would be asked to advise men what NOT to say to mums-to-be. Ever heard any clangers?

This post has been edited by newdaddy09: 02/09/2011, 02:22 PM

[mummygirl]

I would be asked to advise men what NOT to say to dads-to-be

Or

What not to say to your pregnant wife?

2 totally different topics! Which one do you want advice on?

[Pobbs]

^^ What she said.

Probably a few things not to say to your pregnant wife are things like:

If she's complaining about how pregnancy is changing her body or morning sickness etc, best not to say "If you don't like being pregnant, don't get pregnant."

[newdaddy09]

Mummygirl - fair point...

I need examples of what not to say to your pregnant wife/girlfriend.

[Leggy]

O jeez this could be funny. I'd be interested in hearing what not to say to expectant dads, too.

[tans999]

Don't walk behind her, when she is 9 months along, and quack like a duck. It is not as funny or original as it seems, and it will not end well for you.

[*Moggie*]

'You're kind of like one of those French dishes, where they put a chicken in a Turkey.....'

'You're not fat, more chubby..'

Yes, it happened

This post has been edited by *Moggie*: 02/09/2011, 04:24 PM

[Rumply]

No matter how funny you think it is, don't repeat to every person that walks in the delivery room or thereafter, "Watching your wife give birth is like watching your favourite pub burn down. It's fascinating, but in the back of your mind you're thinking, "ooooh, I used to go in there…"

This post has been edited by Rumply: 02/09/2011, 02:44 PM

[rilees~mums]

I heard about one women who had just given birth to her first child. Her boyfriend asked the doctors loudly, 'could you whack a few extra stitches in to tighten her up a bit?'

I've had a midwife tell me she gets this occasionally (usually just fobs it off), towards the end of a particularly bad shift one time she hit back with "why, have you got a little d*ck?" The look on the wife's face was priceless apparently!!

No suggestions OP, other than 'don't tell her she's fat, even if she says she is'

[*LiMa*]

Do not, under any circumstances proclaim how tired / hungry you are, or how much her squeezing your hand (or any other body part) is hurting etc while she is in labour.

NEVER whine to her about how tired you are in general actually.